ILLUSTRATORS 60 WINNERS! SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS NYC

Saturday, 25 November 2017 14:43

Balbusso Twins winners! Our series was accepted into #illustrators60 SOI60! Very proud and honored! Many Thanks to all the Judges! Four poster freely inspired by Margaret Atwood's Novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Work in progress by Balbusso twins, stay tuned! Exhibit Part One: January 5-27, Opening January 5, 2018 Museum of Illustration Society of Illustrators New York.

So proud! Winner! Our children’s book “Make the Earth our Companion” by J.Patrick Lewis (Creative Editions, US) has been selected by the 2017 Jury for The Original Art 37 Annual Exhibit at The Museum of Illustration at the Society of Illustrators in New York. Founded in 1980 this exhibit showcases the original art from the year’s best children’s books printed in US. It is a huge success for us, we want to thanks the SOI Jury and the Creative Company Publisher for giving us this great opportunity! It is a great honor to be on display among such great artists. The 2017 exhibit features a diverse list of books selected by a jury of outstanding illustrators, art directors, and editors. Here the list of the features artists: www.societyillustrators.org

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70 years of The Folio Society’s artwork at the V&A Museum! Balbusso’s illustrations for Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” are on display

Tuesday, 05 September 2017 16:50

Balbusso’s illustrations for Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” are on display at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of an exhibition celebrating 70 years of Folio Society publishing. We are very proud to have been selected for this prestigious honor, Thank you so much to the V&A curator and to the Folio Society! Kicking off on the 5th September, "The Artful Book" exhibition will look at Folio’s past and present as the world’s foremost publisher of illustrated books. The display, to be found at the entrance to the National Art Library at the V&A, will continue until 28th January 2018. Admission is free.

Make the Earth Your Companion by J. Patrick Lewis, Creative Editions 2017. Walk lightly on it, as other creatures do." With this powerfully reverent refrain, readers are reminded to treat the world around us with the respect it deserves and the care it needs. Mountains, lakes, rivers, grasslands, forests, deserts—even the sky above—all of our natural environs have some message to impart, if we will but listen. Picturesque illustrations imbue the images with mysticism, making visual connections to not only the words themselves but to the feelings of wonder they evoke.

The Handmaid’s Tale 2017 re-issue Folio Society

The Folio Society has reissued the 2012 multi award-winning edition of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale. Here our interview by Porter Anderson on publishingperspectives.com We are very proud to have illustrated this great book, we are very honored this 2017 re-issue. Thanks again to Margaret Atwood and Folio Society that have chosen us for this wonderful project! Our Fine art prints are available on @INPRNT shop www.inprnt.com Book available on www.foliosociety.com

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2017 CA 58: Twelfth Night

We submitted the cover and frontispiece illustrations of “Twelfth Night" with the photos of the actual book as a series, we won THE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE COMMUNICATION ARTS ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL 58, Books-series category. Our entries has been selected by the 2017 jury to appear in Illustration Annual 58, the May/June 2017 issue of Communication Arts. We want to thanks the CA jury and The Folio Society for this wonderful project! Since 11 years (2017-2017) we have received 16 Awards of Excellence from Communication Arts Illustration Annual 48-58 . Twelfth Night, or What You Will, a comedy by William Shakespeare, www.foliosociety.com/book/TNG The play centres on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck.

Balbusso mentioned by the Norman Rockwell Museum USA

The Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, USA) introduced a new illustration history which provides an rich resource for fans, collectors, and scholars. Anna and Elena Balbusso name has been mentioned among the illustrators of The Decade 2010-present (www.illustrationhistory.org section: Time Periods page 2). There is also our illustration, The Witch of Duva (Tor.com). It is a great honor, Thank you so much! The website includes capsule summaries of each period of illustration, starting in the Paleolithic, and going all the way through the 20th century decade by decade. Some of the major names in illustration are featured with bios and sample images.